Watch those thumbs fly: College kid breaks the world texting record

Blogger Brian Sweet has caused quite a stir with an incredible video showing him beating the world text-messaging record by four seconds, set earlier this year by a 27-year-old insurance company worker Melissa Thompson. Sweet texted this phrase in less than 22 seconds: “the razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.” Check out his awesome video proof below.

See, you don’t need a physical keyboard to become the world’s fastest texter. Sweet, 19, a college student from El Paso, Texas, said he was challenged to beat Thompson’s record after reading about her achievement in a Boy Genius Report piece:

That woman used Swype to break 25.94 seconds, the new text messaging world record. But guess what? I got less than 22 seconds using my iPhone 4’s standard keyboard.

The nimble-fingered UK woman texted the same paragraph on her Galaxy S smartphone in about 25.94 seconds. Her record is still pending approval by the Guinness World Record. Interestingly, she was using the phone’s “SWYPE” virtual keyboard, an Android feature that lets you type characters on virtual keyboard without lifting your fingers from the touchscreen.

If the video is legit, Sweet should invite the Guinness World Record people to approve his feat. The official Guinness World Record in texting is currently held by 24-year-old Franklin Page who typed the aforementioned chunk of text in 35.54 seconds.